Neptune retrograde 1970

1 period, 160 days inside the year — 43.8% of 1970. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

160 days · retreats 2.78°

3 March → 10 August 1970 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde 3 Mar 1970, 00:58 UTC at 1.31° Sagittarius
Stations direct 10 Aug 1970, 00:59 UTC at 28.53° Scorpio

It begins in Pisces season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Scorpio — 3 Mar to 23 Jun 1970 (112 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Libra — 3 Mar to 12 Jun 1970 (101 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Virgo — 3 Mar to 5 Jun 1970 (94 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Taurus — 28 Apr to 22 May 1970 (24 days of overlap)

Read against Sagittarius, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Neptune retrogrades either side of 1970

Previous

1969 Ended 7 August 1969 after 160 days, moving back 2.78° through the zodiac.

Next

1971 Begins 5 March 1971 and runs 160 days.

Gap across 1970

1.6 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 1970

Neptune through the zodiac in 1970

Every sign Neptune occupies during 1970, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Neptune in Sagittarius From 1 Jan – 18 May
Neptune in Scorpio 18 May – 26 Oct
Neptune in Sagittarius 26 Oct – 31 Dec and beyond

3 segments in 1970. Dates from JPL orbital elements, good to about a day at sign changes.

1970 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 1970

Saturn in Taurus 22 Nov 1969 – 3 Jan 1970 · 43 days
Pluto in Virgo 30 Dec 1969 – 5 Jun 1970 · 157 days
Mercury in Aquarius 4 Jan 1970 – 24 Jan 1970 · 20 days
Uranus in Libra 13 Jan 1970 – 12 Jun 1970 · 150 days
Jupiter in Scorpio 19 Feb 1970 – 23 Jun 1970 · 124 days
Mercury in Taurus 28 Apr 1970 – 22 May 1970 · 24 days
Mercury in Virgo 30 Aug 1970 – 22 Sep 1970 · 23 days
Saturn in Taurus 4 Sep 1970 – 17 Jan 1971 · 135 days
Venus in Scorpio 20 Oct 1970 – 1 Dec 1970 · 41 days
Mercury in Capricorn 19 Dec 1970 – 8 Jan 1971 · 20 days
← 1969 Neptune retrograde in 1969. All Neptune retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 1971 → Neptune retrograde in 1971.